Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
Twin Cities Area
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
Greater Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
Exploring Sandstone
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Little Marais Inn
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Old School In Wolverton
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Enter Marlon Brando
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
District 48 School Near Delano
The Milford Monument
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood Town Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Cobden
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Franconia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Green Lake Mounds
Moderne New Ulm Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Meyer School In St Augusta
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Old Brewery In Preston
Ruins of Sawyer School
Little Falls Depot
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Almelund Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Ottawa
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bend in the River Regional Park
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown